This position serves as a certified Realty Specialist in accordance with the Veteran Affairs' (VA) and General Services Administration's (GSA) Leasing Certification Program (LCP) and Lease Contracting Officer Warrant Program (LCOWP), overseeing and managing several initiatives for the acquisition and administration of leasehold interests in real property such as Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC), Vet Centers, Clinic, and Office Space.

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities include:

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/13/2025. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Specialized Experience GS-12: Applicants must also meet the specialized experience for the GS-12 grade. You may qualify based on your experience described below for the GS-12 Realty Specialist position: Specialized Experience GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of a wide range of real estate laws, principles, practices, and markets sufficient to acquire property and space, manage and/or dispose of federally controlled property, develop long and short-range plans and oversee substantial geographic areas; Experience with real estate market and price analysis sufficient to compile property data and transition data into a comprehensive Benefits Cost Analyses for a variety of options to include lease and design build projects; Experience performing market surveys, completing market analysis reports, conducting site inspections and monitoring lease transactions and documents for procurement and financial accuracy; Experience with quantitative and qualitative methodologies sufficient to develop various cost implications to support various options (lease, purchase, build) and outline associated implications /project revenue options to develop options for execute decisions; Experience with commercial structural aspects of construction, space planning and floor plans sufficient to determine feasibility of proposed structures for customer needs, and to analyze and delineate customer data to define VA functional needs; Knowledge of Federal statutes, Executive Orders, agency regulations, directives, policies and procedures sufficient to apply regulations and ensure compliance with overall acquisitions components pertaining to processes for land acquisition and disposal, attaining legal documentation and signatures for agreements, rights of way, and lease agreements for lease, design build projects. Education: There is no education substitute for the GS-12 grade. Quality Ranking Factors are knowledge, skills, and abilities/competencies that could be expected to significantly enhance performance in a position but are not essential for satisfactory performance. Applicants who possess such KSAs/competencies may be ranked above those who do not, but no one may be rated ineligible solely for failure to possess such KSAs/competencies. The Quality Ranking Factor for this position is a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or 24 semester hours of business credits. For more information on real property leasing certification program visit: https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/acquisition-policy/real-property-leasing-certification-program Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VHA Central Office - Procurement and Logistics 6100 Oak Tree Blvd Independence, OH 44131 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]